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Retreat Dharma Talks

Three-Month Retreat – Part 2 - 25PT2

2025-10-23 (43 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
2025-10-30 Meeting the 5-Hindrances with mindfulness and wisdom 58:40
Bhante Buddharakkhita
The arising of the 5-hindrances is beyond our control. However mindfulness and wisdom applied to these hindrances can make a difference between being caught up in them and being free from them.
2025-10-31 Contentment and Samadhi 50:05
Brian Lesage
2025-11-01 Reflections on Cetana: Intentions 49:55
Devon Hase
Teachings and Guided Practice on working with Intention
2025-11-01 Metta Practice toward a difficult person and all beings 61:51
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Understanding the 11 benefits of practicing Metta along with mindfulness of the loveability of the difficult person and all beings can lead to happiness and freedom of the mind from annoyance.
2025-11-02 Instructions and guided meditation: Choiceless attention 53:24
Jill Shepherd
2025-11-03 Wholesome and Unwholesome States of Mind 1:26:00
Bhante Buddharakkhita
The Mindfulness practice helps us to prevent and overcome unskillful states of mind and develop and maintain wholesome states of mind.
2025-11-03 Anicca: Impermanence 42:15
Devon Hase
The Buddha emphasized the importance of seeing impermanence in many of his teachings. Reflections on the three wisdoms and how they relate to insight into change.
2025-11-04 Reflections on Spiritual Bypassing and Long Retreat Practice 59:01
Brian Lesage
2025-11-04 Guided Meditation & Introduction: Radiating Loving Kindness and the Selfless Nature of Experience 69:23
Brian Lesage
2025-11-05 Paradoxes of Practice 55:05
Devon Hase
Teachings on wise discernment and how to skillfully respond to what arises in retreat practice.
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